Clark County WI, Civil War History

49th Wisconsin Infantry

Transcribed by Harold Zander.

 

Our Civil War Veterans who fought with this Regiment

(1) Samuel Brooks  (2) William Butler (3) Francis Carter
(4) Baldwin Fulmer (5) Charles Keith (6) Joseph Lohman (7) John McCarty (8) Ira T. McIntire (9)  V. R. Mead (10) Peter George Meyer (11) Benjamin Miller (12) Frank Rufinot (13) Lucious Woodworth

 

Service

 

The Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, WI under the superintendence of Colonel Samuel Fallows, leaving the state on March 8, 1865, and proceeding the St. Louis, MO. From here the regiment was assigned to duty in western Missouri, where it remained actively employed until August 17, when it returned to St. Louis.

 

Companies B, C and D were mustered out on November 1 and returned to Madison. The remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865, reaching Madison, WI, on the 10th, when the whole regiment was paid off and disbanded.

 

Regimental Statistics

 

Original strength, 828;

 

Gain -- by recruitment in 1865, 4; total, 832

 

Loss -- by death, 9; deserted, 67; discharged, 36; mustered out, (not yet reported)

Related Links

Burials of Greenwood, Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers.

 

 

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